Being grant funded you are always nervous when you have not heard from the NSF about funding.  MATEC and MATEC NetWorks lost three great people back in March because of the lack of funding.  So, it is always great news when funding comes in – and that is what has happened for MATEC NetWorks – a 9 month bridge grant has come through to continue NetWorks running.  Internally, we are calling this NetWorks 1.5 – since it is not 2, and it is not version 1.   A robust grant will be submitted this fall to keep the library, webinars, and all of the good stuff that NetWorks does, running.